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Chapter 1 Stage Manager Infrastructure and the Service Lifecycle
Leveraging VMware Infrastructure Capabilities
Stage ManagerleveragesVMware Infrastructurecapabilitiessuchas
VMware VMotion™,VMware DRS,andVMware HighAvailability.Theseare
distributedservicesthatenableefficientandautomatedresourcemanagementand
highvirtualmachineavailability.
Stage ManagerworkswithvirtualmachinesregisteredwithVirtualCenterand
VMware Infrastructureadmissioncontrols.FormoreinformationaboutVirtualCenter,
seeVMware Infrastructure3documentationat
http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vi_pages/vi_pubs_35.html.
Guidelines for VirtualCenter and Stage Manager
Stage ManagerfunctionsalongsidemostactivityinVirtualCenter.Ifaparticular
operationinVirtualCenterhaspotentialimpactonaStage Manageruser,
Stage Manageralertsusersandprovidesrecommendationswhenpossible.
ReviewthesesamplesituationsthattriggeramessageinStage Managerabout
VirtualCenteractivity:
 SomeoneremovesaresourcepoolmanagedbyStage ManagerinVirtualCenter.
 AhostmanagedbyStage ManagerentersmaintenancemodebecauseofVirtual
Infrastructureadministration.
 SomeonemovesahostmanagedbyStage Managertoadifferentclusteror
completelyremovesthehostusingVirtualCenter.
 AdatastoremanagedbyStage Managerbecomesinaccessible.
 AvirtualmachinemanagedbyStage ManagerisunregisteredinVirtualCenter.
 AvirtualmachinemanagedbyStage ManagerismovedbyVMotiontoahostnot
managedbyStage Manager.
ContacttheVMware Infrastructureadministratortoresolvemostofthesesituations.
WARNINGVirtualCenterusersmustnotmanipulateportgroupscreatedby
Stage Managerbecauseofpotentialconsequencesonfencedconfigurations.For
informationaboutfencing,seeAppendix C,“NetworkFencing,”onpage 181.